Editing Talk:Papers, Please

Some stuff I noticed when I replayed this game last night:

General Comments: The game is rendered with retro-style pixel graphics meant to look like a late-80s/early-90s EGA DOS game.

Guns/Weapons: The player is given a tranquilizer gun in order to incapacitate terrorists during border attacks. Later he receives a sniper rifle. The player doesn't have to use either gun, but you're encouraged to do so with a bonus if you shoot the terrorists and a smaller bonus if you shoot but miss.

Jump Scares: Terrorist attacks occur without any warning. (Technically there is a warning, but it's extremely subtle and a first-time player would definitely miss it--if the player doesn't say "Cause no trouble" to a Kolechian traveler when they're let in, then that person is going to bomb the border.)

Nudity: The settings screen has an option to turn the nudity off.

Sex Slavery: Early in the game the player encounters a woman who hands over a note naming a man whom she believes is going to force her to work at a brothel. The man shows up later in the day; the player can allow him entry, deny him, or detain him. If you show him the note you received from the woman, he gets angry and threatens to "break her in two".

Disease/Vomiting/Blood: At one point the resistance group EZIC gives the player a container of anthrax powder to poison an assassin attempting to cross the border. If the player does poison the target, they begin to vomit blood and infect either the guard who comes to check on them (if they were approved for entry) or the large number of innocent bystanders in line (if they were denied entry). The player can also die by touching the powder, but in this case it just causes the game to fade to white and sends you back to the main menu.

Murder: The player is tasked with murdering several targets (once by poison, others by sniper rifle) over the course of the game. None of these are required to complete the game. Two of the criminals the player has to look out for are an athlete accused of murdering his girlfriend and a man who is a serial child murderer. The father of one of the child victims tasks you with letting him into the country but confiscating his passport so that he can kill him in revenge. The player does not need to accept the request.

Substance Abuse: One of the reasons the player can detain people is because they are attempting to smuggle drugs into Arstotzka.

Suicide: All of the terrorist attacks are committed by suicide bombers.

Violence Against Children: One of the criminals the player needs to look out for is a serial child murderer from Republia attempting to flee the country.
--[[User:MissMokushiroku|MissMokushiroku]] ([[User talk:MissMokushiroku|talk]]) 16:26, 21 September 2014 (EDT)